:: Can cataract surgery control glaucoma?
WHEN Richard B Packard MD, FRCS, FRCOphth was appointed consultant surgeon in Windsor, UK, in 1982, he was doing at least two filtering surgeries a week as a comprehensive ophthalmologist. "Now I probably do four or five a year," Dr Packard told a session of the 2009 ASCRS Glaucoma Day. Yet he estimates about 10 per cent of the 800 cataract patients he operates on annually have glaucoma. - Download pdf here
WHEN Richard B Packard MD, FRCS, FRCOphth was appointed consultant surgeon in Windsor, UK, in 1982, he was doing at least two filtering surgeries a week as a comprehensive ophthalmologist. "Now I probably do four or five a year," Dr Packard told a session of the 2009 ASCRS Glaucoma Day. Yet he estimates about 10 per cent of the 800 cataract patients he operates on annually have glaucoma. - Download pdf here
:: Akreos MI60 posterior chamber IOL stable at one year
IMPLANTATION of the Akreos MI60 intraocular lens (IOL) is safe and effective through a 1.8mm incision, according to a multicentre European study presented at the 23rd Congress of the DGII (German Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery) in Munich. - Download pdf here
IMPLANTATION of the Akreos MI60 intraocular lens (IOL) is safe and effective through a 1.8mm incision, according to a multicentre European study presented at the 23rd Congress of the DGII (German Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery) in Munich. - Download pdf here
:: Lifting flap three years after LASIK increases risk of epithelial ingrowth
ENHANCEMENT LASIK using flap-lift techniques is more likely than initial LASIK to cause epithelial ingrowth, a study reveals, especially if the enhancement occurred three or more years after the original procedure. - Download pdf here
ENHANCEMENT LASIK using flap-lift techniques is more likely than initial LASIK to cause epithelial ingrowth, a study reveals, especially if the enhancement occurred three or more years after the original procedure. - Download pdf here
:: Femtosecond laser enhances safety and efficacy of keratoplasty procedures
THE femtosecond laser offers several clear advantages for lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) procedures, according to Emilio Balestrazzi MD, and Luigi Mosca, MD from Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, Rome, Italy. - Download pdf here
THE femtosecond laser offers several clear advantages for lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) procedures, according to Emilio Balestrazzi MD, and Luigi Mosca, MD from Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, Rome, Italy. - Download pdf here
:: IOP after penetrating keratoplasty requires careful monitoring and rapid intervention
POST-PENETRATING keratoplasty (post-PK) glaucoma is one of the leading causes of graft failure, but its incidence may be reduced if clinicians monitor IOP on a regular basis after corneal transplantation and treat aggressively if the pressure is found to be elevated, according to an Indian study. - Download pdf here
POST-PENETRATING keratoplasty (post-PK) glaucoma is one of the leading causes of graft failure, but its incidence may be reduced if clinicians monitor IOP on a regular basis after corneal transplantation and treat aggressively if the pressure is found to be elevated, according to an Indian study. - Download pdf here
:: Intracameral triamcinolone provides good control postoperative inflammation in uveitic eyes
A SINGLE intracameral injection of triamcinolone acetonide can safely and effectively control postoperative inflammation in uveitic eyes that have undergone cataract surgery, according to Marko Hawlina MD, PhD, University Eye Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia, with co-authors Natasa Vidovic-Valentincic, MD, Petra Schollmayer, MD and Aleksandra Kraut, MD. - Download pdf here
A SINGLE intracameral injection of triamcinolone acetonide can safely and effectively control postoperative inflammation in uveitic eyes that have undergone cataract surgery, according to Marko Hawlina MD, PhD, University Eye Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia, with co-authors Natasa Vidovic-Valentincic, MD, Petra Schollmayer, MD and Aleksandra Kraut, MD. - Download pdf here
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